I’m completely addicted to taking courses. Photography, blogging, garden design, how to rear alpacas… …you name it, if I’m half interested and there’s a course I could possibly take, chances are I’m going to sign up. (I often think that if I won the lottery, the best thing of all would just be to take … Continue reading Food collaging: my July harvest
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Feasting on sour cherries: morello cherry compote recipe
It was a bumper harvest from our little morello cherry tree this year. We planted it two years ago, in the front garden, and – until now – it had spectacularly failed to either grow a lot or produce very much fruit. But, back in Spring, I was excited to see the branches weighted down … Continue reading Feasting on sour cherries: morello cherry compote recipe
Grow, forage, cook: stickyweed salsa verde
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: I am just absolutely bloody loving this good weather. Oh, the sun! Oh, the warm temperatures! Oh, the chance to potter around the garden, smelling the fabulous springtime smells of new growth out there! Actually, though, not a huge amount of pottering has been done in … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: stickyweed salsa verde
Grow, forage, cook: the smallholding dream, in books
The start of a new year never fails to prompt my (already fairly impressive) desire to dream endlessly about new ways to live my life. The current frontrunner in future plans, sitting pretty in pole position for a good few years now, is the dream of having a little smallholding somewhere in the countryside. We’d … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: the smallholding dream, in books
Grow, forage, cook: November round up and a winter break
And so it’s December. The latter half of this year has truly flown by for me. (But time has a habit of doing that these days, doesn’t it?) It seems but a week ago that we were out in the garden playing in the paddling pool in the July sunshine. Still, the Autumn has been … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: November round up and a winter break
Grow, forage, cook: a Christmas hamper
If there’s a better present in the world than a hamper at Christmas, I’ve yet to come across it. Oh, wait, I do know of a better one: a homemade hamper, stuffed to bursting with delicious goodies made over the previous 12 months. (Note to readers: please do feel free to read this as a … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: a Christmas hamper
Grow, forage, cook: planning a kitchen garden (part two)
More musings on things to plan now for the kitchen garden of your dreams next year. If you missed the first part, check it out here: Planning a kitchen garden, part one. Positioning your plot If you’re in the enviable position of having a selection as to where you grow your veg, fruit and herbs, … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: planning a kitchen garden (part two)
Grow, forage, cook: planning a kitchen garden
When I took my first horticulture course last year, one of the modules I was looking forward to the least was called “Growing fruit and veg”… Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I’m not interested in doing just that. It’s that I was already doing just that. Really, I thought, what more could I … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: planning a kitchen garden
Grow, forage, cook: September round-up
Ah, September, always one of my favourite months of the year. I say this not just because it is the auspicious month of my birth. (Actually, my birthday was a rather muted affair this year; the sproglet choosing the day to give me two full-on hour-long tantrums and my birthday cake not lovingly made by … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: September round-up
Grow, forage, cook: a disappointing harvest
As August has bid us farewell and summer has melted into the season of mellow fruitfulness, I’ve started to feel a little bit of a fraud. It's been great to see so many of you joining in with our Grow, forage, cook series; Laura posted what we hope will be the first of many round … Continue reading Grow, forage, cook: a disappointing harvest
Wolves in London 